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French interactive TV technology and services provider, HTTV, contacted [itvt] Tuesday to let us know that it has launched a new DSM-CC Object Carousel solution, called PrimeStream HbbTV. As its name suggests, the new solution is designed for the HbbTV standard, which was recently approved by European standards agency, ETSI (see the article published on itvt.com, July 5th).

Softel, a UK-based company that claims to have over 25 years of experience in providing ancillary data solutions--including solutions for interactive TV, opt cuing/ad insertion, subtitling and captioning--to leading broadcasters and service providers across the world (note: for an in-depth overview of Softel and its work in the interactive TV space, see the interview with its CEO, Sam Pemberton, that was published on itvt.com, July 31st), said Wednesday that it has signed a deal with online video specialist, Grab Networks, that will see the latter supplying the Softel Swift vTX subtitling and captioning solution as an integrated component of its vi

[itvt] has just published interviews 1) with Robert Hayes, SVP and general manager of digital media at premium programmer, Showtime Networks, and Andre Sala, the company's manager of digital content distribution; and 2) with Nick Alt, CEO of interactive video commerce specialist, ConciseClick.

Softel, a UK-based company that claims to have over 25 years of experience in providing ancillary data solutions--including solutions for interactive TV, opt cuing/ad insertion, subtitling and captioning--to leading broadcasters and service providers across the world (note: for an in-depth overview of Softel and its work in the interactive TV space, see the interview with its CEO, Sam Pemberton, that was published on itvt.com, July 31st), on Monday announced a joint initiative with Telecommunications Support Services (TSS) to offer comprehensive testing services for developers of interactive TV applications.

Softel, a UK-based company that claims to have over 25 years of experience in providing ancillary data solutions--including solutions for interactive TV, opt cuing/ad insertion, subtitling and captioning--to leading broadcasters and service providers across the world (note: for an in-depth overview of Softel and its work in the interactive TV space, see the interview with its CEO, Sam Pemberton, that was published on itvt.com, July 31st), said Wednesday that Portland, Oregon-based interactive TV authoring solutions provider, Ensequence (note: the latter recently announced that it had raised another $20 million and appointed a new CEO--